Rocky finished a 200-meter race in 5/12 of a minute. The winner finished 21/25 of Rocks time to finish the race. How much time did the winner use to finish the race

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Maeve Odonnell

4 August, 15:45

Rocky finished a 200-meter race in 5/12 of a minute. The winner finished 21/25 of Rocks time to finish the race. How much time did the winner use to finish the race

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Ernest Russell · Answer 1

Answer the winner finished the race in 1.75 minutes

Step-by-step explanation:

Rocky finished a 200-meter race in 5/12 of a minute.

The winner finished 21/25 of Rocks time to finish the race. This means that the time that the winner took in finishing the race would be

5/12 * 21/5 = 21/12 of a minute.

Converting to decimal, it becomes

1.75 minutes